Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DE

Syn. -- To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue; stay; rest.

Dwell (?), v. t. To inhabit. [R.] Milton.

Dwell"er (?), n. An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller. "Dwellers at Jerusalem." Acts i. 19.

Dwell"ing, n. Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.

Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons.
Jer. xlix. 33.

God will deign
To visit oft the dwellings of just men.
Milton.

Philip's dwelling fronted on the street.
Tennyson.

-- Dwelling house, a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other building.

-- Dwelling place, place of residence.

Dwelt (?), imp. & p. p.of Dwell.

Dwin"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwindled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dwindling (?).] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away, AS. dwīnan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish, Icel. dvīna to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain origin. The suffix -le, preceded by d excrescent after n, is added to the root with a diminutive force.] To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.

Weary sennights nine times nine
Shall he dwindle, peak and pine.
Shak.

Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions,
are said to have dwindled into factious clubs.
Swift.